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Originally Posted by malloyd
Well yeah.
Day 1: Discovery that telepaths can broadcast to other people in ways the drive them mad.
Day 2: Every nation on the planet starts a program to weaponize telepathic broadcasting to destroy enemy leaders, armies and/or citizens.
This doesn't wait until telepathy is easy and universal.
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It took them time to realize what was going on and it also started slow. Also, remember, the
unconscious mind can access telepathic powers more easily than the conscious mind in this world. By the time the idea you suggest would seem workable, the genie would be long out of the bottle.